For the second straight year, WMU students and ensembles won 6 Student Music Awards from Down Beat Magazine. It is the 3rd greatest number of awards won world wide. The awards were won across a broad spectrum of categories, which speaks to the quality and depth of the jazz program at WMU. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Here is the list of winners:

Vocal Jazz Group-Gold Company Sextet

Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist-Bryan Blowers, guitar

Original Composition/Orchestrated Work-Killian Williams-“Blues For Charles”